Heritage Text Flashcards
Atlantic Slave System
-the enslavement and transportation of African people to the “new world”
Spanish Conquest in the Americas
-exploration, conquest, settlement and political rule over much of the western hemisphere by the Spanish
Mercantilism
-belief in the benefits of profitable trading
Conquistadores
-16th century Spanish military conquerors of the Americas, such as Cortes and Pizarro
Economies of Spanish colonies
- exploitation of land and Indian labor
- Encomienda system (Spaniards were granted ownership of American land and villages)
Encomienda
-a grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America giving the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of the area
Treaty of Tordesilla
- Treaty between Spain and Portugal that contained the details of the Line of Demarcation
- Spain gets West, Portugal gets East
China’s Third Commercial Revolution
- maritime trade
- agriculture
- commerce
- exploration
- economic expansion
- when China first began to interact with Europeans
Confucianism in Imperial China
- more schools in villages and towns
- basically Chinese Renaissance
- more publishing
- higher literacy rate
- population growth
Order of China’s Dynasties in Late Imperial China
1-Ming
2-Xing (Ching)
Threats to the Ming Dynasty
- Mongolians
- Japan
- Manchus
Zheng He’s Naval Expeditions
- Southeast Asia
- India
- the Arabian Gulf
- East Africa
Tokugawa’s Stabilizing Methods
- confiscating the lands of his defeated enemies to reward his vassals and allies
- hostage system
- seclusion from everywhere except China and Korea
Basic Beliefs Enlightenment Thinkers
- equality
- liberty
- personal responsibility
Religious Toleration
- belief that human life should not be subordinated to religion
- consideration for other’s beliefs
